6th class-cbse english (honeysuckle)Poem7(Vocation)(Rabinderanath Tagore)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) What wishes does the child in the poem make? Why does the child want to be hawker, a gardener, or a watchman?

Ans1) The child wishes to become a hawker so that he may go about freely. He wants to be a gardener so that nobody would scold him for spoiling his clothes. He finally wants to be watchman so as to walk freely in the street. The child wishes to enjoy a restriction free life.

Q2) Who does the child meet everyday in the lane?

Ans2) The child meets a hawker everyday in the lane.

Q3) When does the child go to bed?

Ans3) The child goes to bed as soon as it is dark in the evening.

Q4) What does he see through the open window?

Ans4) He sees the night watchman through the open window.

Q4) How does the street lamp stand?

Ans4) The streets lamp stands like a one –eyed giant.

Q5) Who gives company to the watchman?

Ans5) The watchman’s Shadow alone gives him company.

6th class-cbse english (honeysuckle)Poem6(The wonderful Words)(Mary O’Neill)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Why is the poem named “The Wonderful Words”?

Ans1) Words are the food and dress of thoughts. Our thoughts can be expressed only through words. In the absence of proper words, we can’t say what we want. The poem tells us the secret of word power. So it is properly named.

Q2) Why do bright ideas often die?

Ans2) Bright ideas often die due to lack of vocabulary.

Q3) What do people want to listen and welcome?

Ans3) People want to listen new ideas and new thoughts. They welcome something new.

Q4) What are imprisoned in the brains, why?

Ans4) Thoughts are imprisoned in the brain

Q5) How can you free you thoughts from your brain?

Ans5) We can free our thoughts from our mind by expressing them. We need words for that.

Q6) How can we express our thoughts?

Ans6)  We can express our thoughts through words.

Q7) What is Prison here?

Ans7 Brain is the Prison in which thoughts are imprisoned.

6th class-cbse english (honeysuckle)Poem5(Where do all the teacher go)(Peter Dixon)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Why does the poet want to know where the teachers go after the school closes?

Ans1) A teacher is special for a child. So he wants to know where he goes after the school closes.

Q2) What are the things normal people do that the poet talks about?

Ans2) Normal people on reaching home take off trousers and get into pyjamas. They see T.V and pick their noses.

Q3) Why does the poet wonder if teachers also do things that other people do?

Ans3) Children consider teacher special. So the poet wonders if teachers also do things as other people do.

Q4) How does the poet plan to find out? What will he do once he find out?

Ans4) The poet plans to follow a teacher after school hours. He will secretly find out his activities.

Q5) Give a central idea or sum and substance of the poem.’ Where Do All the Teachers Go?”

           

Ans5) A student considers his teacher special. But there is no interaction between them. So the teacher becomes a mystery. The child wonders if his teacher also do things as other people do. He wants to know about him. He follows a teacher to his home and notes his activities. Then he will write a poem about it.

6th class-cbse english (honeysuckle)Poem4(Beauty)(E. Yeh-Shure)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) What do we see in sunlight?

Ans1) We see beauty.

Q2) How does the poet define beauty?

Ans2) Beauty lies in the objects of nature. All good things, good actions and all that pleases are beautiful.

Q3)Why do people dance for their harvest?

Ans3) They dance because they are pleased to harvest their crops.

Q4) Can you name some beautiful things seen or heard?

Ans4)Yes, I have been the beautiful things like chirping birds, whistling trees , laughing children and vast sea shore.

Q5) “Beauty is in yourself.” How is it?

Ans5) We can feel beauty in ourselves. Noble deeds make us beautiful.

Q6) When is the beauty heard?

Ans6) Beauty is heard in the night; whistling of wind, rain falling and playing music.

Q7) Which objects of nature are beautiful?

Ans7) The singing wind and the rainfall are beautiful.

Q8) Where does beauty lie?

Ans8) Beauty lies in happy thoughts, goods deeds.

Q9) Which things repeat in one’s mind?

Ans9)Happy thoughts and goods deeds repeat in our dream.

6th class-cbse english (honeysuckle)Poem3(The Quarrel)(Eleanor Fajeaon)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) How did the Quarrel start?

Ans1) The quarrel started on a pretty thing.

Q2) How did the quarrel end?

Ans2) The quarrel ended in a friendly way.

Q3) How did they differ?

Ans3)  They differed as each one said to be right.

6th class -cbse english(honeysuckle)Poem2(The kite)(Harry Behn)

Answer following questions in short.

 Q1) How does the poet describe the beauty of a kite?

Ans1) A kite looks beautiful. It is lovely and bright in the blue sky. It looks more beautiful when it dances moving its tails high up in the air.

Q2) When does the kite become ragged?

Ans2)  It becomes ragged when it is entangled in the branches of the tree. It flutters its wings to get free. Sometimes it is torn.

Q3) What things will you collect for making a kite?

Ans3) Followings things are needed  for making a kite.

a)      coloured paper.

b)      Gum or glue.

c)      Three sticks.

d)      Strings.

Q4) How does the new kite look?

Ans4) The new kite looks bright.

Q5) How does it snap its tail?

Ans5) It snaps its tail with a dive and a dip.

Q6) How does the poet compare the kite to a ship?

Ans6) The kite soars like a ship with a sail.

Q7) When does the kite look bright?

Ans7) The kite looks bright when it is new.

6th class-cbse english (honeysuckle)Poem1(A House, A Home)(Lorraine M. Halli)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) What is house made of?

Ans1) A house is made of brick, stone wood and glass.

Q2) What type of floors does a house have?

Ans2) A house has tile floors.

Q3) What is a home?

Ans3 A home is where loving members of a family live together. Members of a home care for one another. They work unselfishly and kindly.

Q4) Who make home?

Ans4).Brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers make home.

Q5) What type of acts are done in a house?

Ans5) Care, love, kindly sharing and unselfish acts are done in the house.

Q6) What is the difference between a house and a home?

Ans6) A house is a structure of brick and stone. A home is made of loving and caring members of a family.

6th class-cbse english (Honeysuckle) Chapter-10 (The banyan tree)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) What did the cobra and the mongoose do, to show their readiness for the fight?

Ans1) The cobra raised half of its body off the ground, and spread his broad, spotted hood.The mongoose bushed his tail. The long hair on his back also stood up.

Q2) Who were the other two spectators? What did they do? (Did they watch, or did they join I the flight?)

Ans2) The other two spectators were a myna and a wild crow. Both joined in the flight.

Q3) What happened to the crow in the end?

Ans3) The crow could not turn back in the mid air. The cobra struck him with his hood. The crow died after sometime.

Q4) What did the myna do in the end?

Ans) The myna flew down and looked into the bushes. It seemed as if it congratulated the mongoose and flew away.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Why did the author think that the banyan tree belonged chiefly to him?

Q2) Why was the banyan tree so dear to the author?

Q3) Who became the first friend of the author?

Q4) What did the squirrel‘s friends think about him? Why?

Q5) Who emerged the winner in the fight? Who lost his life?

Q6) How did the author describe the banyan tree?

6th class-cbse english (Honeysuckle) Chapter-9 (Desert animals)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) How do desert animals survive without water?

Ans1) The desert animals adopt different ways to survive without water. Camels get water they need from tree leaves and plants. They can live without water for 10 months.

Q2) How do mongooses kill Snakes?

Ans2) Mongooses can move very fast. They escape the strokes of the snakes. They trouble the snake until it is tired. Then they quickly attack the snake and kill it.

Q3) How does the hump of the camels help them to survive when there is not water?

Ans3) The hump of the camel is full of fat. The Fat serves as food for the camel. The hump becomes smaller when camel does not take food for long time.

Q4) Which are the commonly found animals in the desert?

Ans4) The commonly found animals in the desert are small insects, snakes, mongooses and camels.

Q5) How do certain animals survive the scorching heat in a desert?

Ans5) Certain animals survive the scorching heat in a desert by staying in cool underground burrows.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) What do you know about the eating habits of snakes?

Q2) How can a camel live without water for many days?

6th class-cbse english (Honeysuckle) Chapter-8 (A Game of chance)

 Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Why do you think Rasheed’s uncle asked him not to buy anything in his absence?

Ans1) Rasheed’s uncle asked him not to buy anything in his absence because he thought that the shopkeepers could cheat him.

Q2) Why was the shop called ‘Lucky Shop’?

Ans2) The shop was called lucky Shop because one can try ones luck here.

Q3) An old man won a clock and sold it back to the shopkeeper. How much money did he make?

Ans3) The old man made Rs.15. He was very happy.

Q4) How many prizes did the boy win? What were they?

Ans4) The boy won four prizes in all. These were a comb, a fountain pen, a wrist watch and a table lamp.

Q5) Why was Rasheed upset?

Ans5) Rasheed   was upset because he had lost money at the lucky shop.

Q6) In What way did the shopkeeper make a fool of Rasheed?

Ans6) The shopkeeper played tricks to tempt Rasheed to try his luck. Every time Rasheed tried his luck, he got only some cheap thing which he sold back to the shopkeeper. In this way Rasheed lost all his money.

Some more questions for practice.

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) When was the fair held in Rasheed‘s village?

Q2) What kind of goods were sold at the fair?

Q3) How did the people react to see Rasheed’s bad luck?